Posts Tagged ‘Islamic Extremism’

One of Barack Obama’s first actions as president was ensuring the American public understood what terrorism does not involve. Obama’s Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, quickly sought to dumb down the public’s perception on terrorism. While most Americans recognized terrorism as involving the use of violence and intimidation to pursue

In endeavoring to identify a scintilla of logic related to events emerging from the Ohio State University attack in which Somali refugee Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, tried to kill pedestrians, first attempting mass slaughter by running over them with his car and then by jumping out to attack them with a butcher knife purchased for this

Twenty years ago, we paid al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s war declaration against America little heed. On 9/11, we suffered the consequences of doing so. Six years ago, not only did we pay Muslim Brotherhood leaderMuhammad Badie’s war declaration against America little heed, but President Barack Obama openly embraced the group, inviting its leadership to the White House. Meanwhile, allies Egypt, Saudi Arabia and

A 1986 television commercial punch line for makers of Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup proved very successful in marketing their product. The line, “I’m not a doctor but I play one on TV” was delivered by actor Peter Bergman who played a doctor on daytime television. Seeking accurate medical advice, one left to choose

For eight years, President Barack Obama has been reluctant to expose skeletons in the closet of the Iranian mullahs. Even his own party members are now fed up with this policy, as a number of them joined Republicans to pass legislation dragging out one of these skeletons. On September 21, 42 Democrats joined House Republicans,

It has taken eight years for President Barack Obama to be asked “the question.” Unsurprisingly, it did not originate from the media. It came from one suffering a great personal loss in the war on terror—her son—and she deserved an answer. Gold Star mother Tina Houchins asked Obama at a September 28 CNN presidential town

The U.S. Department of Defense announced this month it will undertake an unusual study. It seeks to determine if boosting a warrior’s testosterone will translate into enhanced muscle and mental performance over extended periods of combat. DOD need not waste its money. The answer is yes, evidenced by the fact we now are fighting our longest war against

When television journalist Tom Brokaw was retiring from the news business in 2004, he was asked by a TIME magazine interviewer if there was a story he ever regretted not reporting. The newsman lamented, referring to Sept. 11, 2001, “I regret that we did not connect the dots earlier on terrorism.” In fairness to Brokaw,

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was one of the most prolific child serial killers and rapists in U.S. history. Known as the “Killer Clown,” he used his professional clown talents to lure victims into his home, where they then were asphyxiated or strangled. He claimed 33 victims before being arrested, convicted and, finally, executed in 1994.

Fifteen years after 9/11, Americans still struggle to understand what it is we are fighting. While the mastermind of those attacks, Osama bin Laden, paid the ultimate price for murdering over 3,000 Americans, our “whack-a-mole” strategy in targeting the group he led, al-Qaeda, and its ilk leaves many Americans pondering a question raised by